This was announced by the main Israeli association of families of hostages in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to be very happy” for agreeing to release 50 of them, it said in a statement.
“At the moment we don’t know exactly who will be released and when”the association said after the conclusion of an agreement between Israel and Hamas for the release of 50 hostages currently held in the Gaza Strip in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners and a four-day ceasefire in the enclave.
Hamas announced Wednesday that the four-day ceasefire was agreed with Israel in exchange for the release of 50 people kidnapped in the group’s Oct. 7 attacks It comes into force this Thursday at 10:00 a.m. (local time).
“The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip begins at 10 a.m. tomorrow,” Musa Abu Marzuk, a senior official in Hamas’ political wing, said in a statement to Qatari television channel Al Jazeera.
He also highlighted that the group “is prepared for a comprehensive ceasefire and prisoner exchange,” before detailing that “the majority” of the hostages will be released “you have a foreign nationality”, without providing any further details.
“For every prisoner we have, three Palestinian prisoners will be released.” has stated, before adding that Hamas “has no prisons” and that “the prisoners are in Palestinian houses.” “That’s why there are prisoners who die when houses are bombed,” he explained.
Abu Marzuk has accused Israel of “lacking humanity” and suggested that the deal “forces” Israeli authorities to allow it the entry of aid supplies “throughout the Gaza Strip”. “I assure that all prisoners in occupation prisons will be released,” he concluded.
The agreement reached calls for the release of 50 hostages kidnapped by the Islamist group during its Oct. 7 attacks — in which about 1,200 people died and nearly 240 were kidnapped — in exchange for the release of at least 150 Palestinian prisoners. all women and under 19 years oldand a four-day ceasefire that will take effect in 24 hours.
The agreement also includes sending a larger number of convoys carrying humanitarian aid, medical supplies and fuel “to all areas of the Gaza Strip without exception” during the humanitarian ceasefire set by Hamas, which will last four days. The Hamas-controlled Gaza authorities have so far more than reported this 14,100 Palestinians.